The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.
Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.
Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?
You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.